Father Sebastián—Cantinflas—is not well received when he arrives at his new parish, San Jeronimo el Alto, in this 1964 film. Soon however, he wins the hearts of the people there (particularly after he stands in for a toreador in a bullfight) and his reforms result in a deal with the local political boss that helps everyone in the town. Hailed by Charlie Chaplin as "the greatest comedian in the world," Fortino Mario Alfonso Moreno Reyes—known to millions by his character name "Cantinflas"—was compared to Chaplin and also to Groucho Marx for his use of satire and trickery to undercut the pompous and aristocratic. Though his brilliant Spanish wordplay limited his success in English-speaking countries, Cantinflas was a modern folk hero in Mexico, and his death in 1993 was followed by three days of national mourning. This Spanish-language film is subtitled in English.